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iPhone 12 mini Teardown

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  • Let's check out these logic board sandwiches. For reference, the US version is on top in these images, EU below. (Don't read into it—that's just how the chips fell.)

  • First, the similarities—the US and EU upper sections are identical and have the same spread of chips on both sides.

  • The lower sections are a bit more interesting. (Note: SIM readers are the same, but we only desoldered it from the US version.) Here's where the US board starts accommodating all that mmWave tech:

  • An extra socket, which connects to the front mmWave antenna mentioned in the previous step

  • A Murata 1XR-482 mmWave front-end module

  • A Qualcomm SMR526 intermediate frequency IC, working in conjunction with Qualcomm's SDX55M 5G modem

  • One more mmWave antenna right on the board

  • A flex cable soldered to this patch, which connects to the side edge mmWave antenna

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